I RECKON my early experiences of the match aren’t that typical of a footie-loving lad growing up on Merseyside. Those romantic ideals of dad and lad going to the Liverpool match together, passing down the traditions, sharing the routines, becoming versed in ‘the way’?...
I’M not sure this was my first game. In fact, I’m pretty certain it wasn’t. But rather than subjecting you to a fleeting, millisecond memory of a Graeme Souness side toiling against some claret and blue blur around 1992, I thought I’d recall the first game which...
“SELF-isolate,” they said. “Avoid mass gatherings and stay indoors” they said. “Great,” I said. “That’ll give me more time to write about football… Cancelled, you say?!” Yes, in these uncertain Coronavirus times, the football has been suspended. It is absolutely the...
THE footy being taken away from us has been cause for a lot of contemplation. Firstly, from a working point of view, what do we write about when there’s no games to talk about? Secondly, it makes you think about the football. Assess the impact it has had on your life,...
“ANFIELD is a great stadium that is filled with great fans, but it is also very old. “If Anfield had to pass a technical inspection from UEFA, it would not be able to do so to save it’s life.” – Enrique Cerezo, President of Atletico Madrid. Cheers mate....
“WHATEVER gets you through the night, it’s alright.” Say what you want about John Lennon – and in this city most people will have something to say – he got that one right. The past couple of weeks have taught us many things about just what our team and its...
‘Bedding In’ is a no-agenda chat based in the Liverpool Gin Distillery with this edition’s focus being the recent history of fan activism at Liverpool FC. Neil Atkinson, John Milburn, Steve Graves, Paul Cope, Gareth Roberts and Jay McKenna get stuck...
THE arrival of the winter break in the calendar this year has coincided with my own getaway, and I’m remaining as true to it as Jürgen Klopp and his players. I’m currently in Costa Rica, staying with family in a lovely town called Atenas. We’re seven hours behind GMT...
Who would make Liverpool’s best 11 of the decade? Rob Gutmann is joined by Mike Kearney, Dan Morgan, Neil Atkinson and Paul Cope to debate. If you're already subscribed, click here to...
Everton have been absolutely fucking ruined by a side that started the game minus the best goalkeeper in the world, Mo Salah and Roberto Firmino. Alongside Neil Atkinson to give their immediate post-match reaction are John Gibbons, Ben Johnson and Paul Johnson. If...
